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A breviary of the later persecutions of the professors of the gospel of Christ Jesus, under the Romish and antichristian prelats through Christendome, from the time of John VVickliff in the year of God 1371. to the raign of Queen Elizabeth of England, and the reformation of religion in Scotland: and of the cruell persecutions of the Christians under the Turkish emperors, with some memorable occurrences that fell out in these times through diverse realmes & countreys; collected out of the ecclesisticall history and book of martyrs, by Mr. Robert Young.
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and of my seat All the earth is my Diocesse and I the ordinary of all menâ— having the authority of the King of all Kings upon subjects I am all in all and above all so that God himself and I the Vicar of God hath but one Consistory and I am able to do almost all that God can do clavenon errante It is in my power to alter and abrogate Lawes to dispence with all things yea with the precepts of Christ and in a word I declare and pronounce to stand upon necessity of salvation for every humanâ— creature to be subject to me And as their pride so their avarice is insatiable in exacting and gathering of money of all under their jurisdiction putting it into their treasury for Petrarch recordeth that in the Treasury of Pope John the 22. were found after his death 250 Tuns of gold And of Boniface the 8. It is storied that when he was taken by Phâ—lip the fair King of France and his Palace rifled there was more Treasure found then all the Kings of the earth were able to shew again What hudge summes of money did Thecelius and his companions take together out of Germany for indulgences and pardons The Pope had yearly out of England above nine Tuns of Gold Otto one of the Popes Muscipulatores mice catchers as the story calls departing out of England left not so much money in the whole Kingdome as he either carried with him or sent to Rome before him It was trulie an trimly said by Pope Innocent the fourth Vere enim hortus deliciarum Papis fuit tum Anglia puteus in exhaustus England was then a gallant garden to the Pope and a Wel-spring of wealth that could not be drawn drie Cardinal Volsey emptied the land of Twelve score thousand pound to relive and ransome Pope Clement the seventh imprisoned by the Duke of Burbon The Apostle Paul in the 2. to the Thes foretells of the nature and manners of those wicked men and their destruction and by speaking of one he pointeth out the body of that tyrannous and persecuting Church hee calls him that man of sin that breathing Devill so portentuously so peerlesly vitious Vtejus nomen non hominis sed vitii esse videatur as Lipsius saith of one Tubulus a Roman Praetor that sin it self can hardly be more sinfull next he cals him the son of perdition destined to destruction even to be cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimston Rev. 19.29 Well might Pope Marcellus the second strike his hand upon the Table and say Non video quomodo qui locum hunc altissimum tenent salvari possunt I see not how any Pope can be saved when I was first in order said Pope Pius Quintus I had some good hope of Salvation when I wae made a Cardinal I doubted but now that I am Pope I almost despaire Again the Apostle calls him an adversary and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped all men know who hee is that saith he can shut up heaven and open it at his pleasure and take upon him to be Lord Master above all Kings and Princes before whom Kings and Princes fall down and worship honouring that Antichrist as a God And he sitteth as God in the Temple of God shewing himself that he is God In the year 1540. Pope Paul the third suffered himself to be thus blasphemously flattered Paulo tertio optimo maximo in terris Deo In the year 1610. Books were printed at Bononi and at Naples with this Inscription Paulo 5. Vice Deo christianae reipublicae Monarchae invictissimo pontificiae omnipotentiae conseruatori acerrimo To Paul the 5. Vice-god most invincible Monarch of Christendom most stout defender of the Papal Omnipotency The Pope can do all that Christ can do of wrong he can make right of vice vertue of nothing something saith Bellarmine he is lifted above the Angels so that he can excommunicate them he can dispence against not only the law of nature but against all the Evangelists Prophets Apostles saith Pope John c. In Extract One of his parasits clawed him thus Oraclis vocis mundi moderaris habenas Et merito in terris diceris esse Deus He is cried up for the Lord of Lords and King of Kings and that hath both the swords throughout the World and an illimited Empire over all resonable creatures duliae adorandus c. Ye see then what kind of men thir Popes are who call themselves universal Bishops and that the charge and government of Christs universal Church is committed to them that they are the Vicars of Christ and the successors of Peter yet they are the greatest enemies that Christ and his Church have they are subverters and overthrowers of his Kingdome what cruell and bloody practises they have used throughout Christendom to subvert the Gospel and the professors thereof what innocent blood they have shed the Book of Martyrs doth abundantly testifie and this small ensuing Treatise doth compendiously declare but God will bring down their intollerable pride and Tyrranny and lay them low and consume them with the breath of his mouth as saith the Apostle And as for Rome the Seat of Antichrist which is called Babylon shall come to fearfull ruine and destruction as St. John in the 18. Rev. foretells it is fallen It is fallen Babylon that great City and is become the habitation of devils and the hold of all soul Spirits and a Cage of every unclean and hatefull bird for all Nations have drunken of the wrath of her Fornication and the Kings of the earth have committed fornication with her that is spirituall whoredom which is Idolatry the Merchants of the Earth which were inriched with the pomp and luxuriousnesse of it shall weep and wail c. But all the Elect shall rejoice for the just vengeance that God hath taken on her Also the Emperor Frederick is reported to have foretold the ruine of Rome in this distick Roma diu titubans variis erroribus acta Corruet mundi desinet esse caput But not to trouble Thee Gentle Reader with longer preface I rest Thine in the Lord to serve thee Mr. ROBERT YOUNG A BREVIARY OF THE LATER PERSECUTIONS Of the Professors of the Gospel of CHRIST JESUS under the Romish and Antichristian Prelats THe Persecution of the Christians in the Primitive Church under the Heathen Emperors and Tyrants of Rome continued the space of three hundred years after the passion of Christ to the seventh year of Constantine the great who stayed the Persecutions and setled peace in the Church so that there was no set or universall persecution in the Church for the space of a thousand years thereafter for all that time Satan was tyed and bound up and his rage restrained against the Professors of the Gospel thereafter was Satan let loose again for a time to vex and trouble the Church as we have it in the 20. of
time before and here was an external shew of Christs favour upon him After the burning of William Hunter was Mr. Highed and Mr. Caustoun two worthy Gentle-men of Essâ—x which for the sincere profession of their Faith under Boner Bishop of London were martyred and burned in Essex John Laurence priest laimed with irons in Prison was born to the fire in a chaire at Colchester and so sitting was in his constant faith consumed with fire At the burning of this Laurence he sitting in the fire the young children came aboâ—t the fire and cried as well as young Children could speak saying Lord strengthen thy servant and keep thy promise Lord strengthen thy servant and keep thy promise which thing as it is rare so it is no small manifestation of the glory of God which wrought this in the hearts of these little ones nor yet a little commendation to their parents which from their youth brought them up in the knowledge of God and his truth Follows the worthy and constant martyredome of the Bishop of St. David in Wales called Robert Farrar who was the next Bishop in this catalogue of of Christian martyres that suffered after Mr. Hooper This foresaid Farrar by the favour and good-will of the Lord Protector was first called and promoted to that dignity This man I may well call twise a martyr not only for the cruel death of the fire which he suffered most constantly in the days of Queen Mary unto the shedding of his blood but also for diverse other injuries and molestations in King Edwards time which he noâ—lesse firmly then unworthily sustained at the hands of his enemies after the fall of the Duke of Somerset Of these his vexations and troubles with the wrangling articles and informations laid against him to the number of 56. and of the malice conceived against him by certain covetous Chanons of the Church of Carmâ—rthen and what were the proceedings of both paâ—ts as well of innocent as of the crasty adversaries what were their names in their Aâ—ticles against him is to be seen in his History unto the which he answered all Thus this godly Bishop being condemned and degraded was committed to the Secular power who not long after was brought to the plâ—ce of Execution in the Town of Carmarthen where he in the Mercat-place most constantly sustained the torments passion of the fire Touching the which constancy of this blessed Mutyr this is moreover to be added and noted that one named Richard Jonas a Knights son coming to Mr. Farrar a little before his death seemed to lament the painfulnesse of the death he had to suffer Unto whom the Bishop answered again to this effect saying that if he saw him once to stir in the pains of his burning he should then give no credit to his Doctrine And as he said so he right well performed the same for so patiently he stood that he never moved but even as he stood holding up his stumps so still he continued till one Richard Gravell with a staff dashed him upon the head and so stroke him down There was one at this time called Rawlins White a fisher man in the Country of Wales gave his life like a valiant Souldier of Jesus Christ to martyrdome and was burned at Cardiff he was illiterat but had a great desire to know the truth he had a Boy that red to him the Scripture and other Books whereby he attained through the grace of God to the knowledge of the truth and conferred with others and became an instructer of others and converted many to the truth at last he was taken as a man suspect of Heresie and committed to prison and being desired oftentimes by the Bishop to recant could no be perswaded thereto he is condemned as an Heretick and to be burnt As he was going to execution he saw his Wife and Children by the way weeping and making great lamentation the sudden sight of whom so pierced his heart that the very tears trickled down his face But he soon after as though he had misliked this infirmity of the flesh began to be as it were altogether angry with himself insomuch that striking his breâ—st with his hand he used these words Ah filthy flesh stayest thou me so wouldest thou fain prevail Well I tell thee do what thou canst thou shalt not by Gods grace have the victory As he went to the Stake he fell down upon his knees and kissed the gâ—ound and in his rising again the earth a little stiâ—kâ—ng on his nose he said these words Earth unto earth and dâ—st unto dust thou art my mother and unto thee I shall return When he was standing at the Stake he cast his eyes upon one and called him unto him and said I feel a great fighting between the flesh and the spirit and the flesh would very fain have his swing and therefore I pray you when ye see mâ— any thing tempted hold your finger up to me and I trust I shall remember my self When the Smith brought a Chain of Iron to fasten him to the Stake and as he was making it fast on the other side Rawlins said unto him I pray you good friend knock in the Chain fast for it may be that the flesh would strive mightily but God of thy great mercy give me strength and patience to abide the extremity so with patience and great constancy he suffered his Martyrdome He was of age about three-score years At this time died Pope Julius third a Porkish and blasphemous Pope Amongst other pranks and deeds of this foresaid Pope this is also reported of him in his life that he delighted greatly in Pork flesh and Peacocks Upon a time when he was admonished of his Physitian to abstain from all Swines flesh for that it was noysome for his Gout and yet would not follow his counsell the Physitian afterward gave warning to his Steward or orderer of his dyet that he should set no more Pork flesh before him Whereupon when the Pope perceived the said Pork flesh to be laking in his accustomed service where said he is my Pork and when his Steward had answered that his Physitian had forbidden any Pork to be served then the Pope brasting out in a great rage said these words bring me said he my Pork flesh all dispet to di Dâ—o that is to say in English in the despite of God At another time he sitting at dinner pointed to a Peacock upon his Table which he had not touched keep said he this cold Peacock for me against supper and let me sup in the Garden for I shall have Guests So when supper came and amongst other hot Peacocks he saw not his cold Peacock brought to his Table The Pope after his wonted manner most bitterly blasphemed God fell into an extream rage Whereupon one of his Cardinals sitting by desired him saying Let not your Holiness I pray you be so moved with a matter of so small weight Then this Julius the Pope answering again